Spacecraft
WATCH: Artemis makes lunar flyby as moon mission breaks record for human distance from earth
The Artemis II crew, flying in their Orion capsule since launching from Florida last week, awoke around 10:50 a.m. for their sixth flight day to a recorded message from late astronaut Jim Lovell.
Starlink to reconfigure satellites into lower, safer orbit in 2026
NASA releases images of comet 3I/ATLAS, rejects alien spacecraft 'rumors'
Chinese astronauts' return delayed to Earth after debris hits spacecraft
SpaceX launch of crew on first 'operational' mission delayed by weather
NASA officials signed off on Crew Dragon’s final design earlier this week, ending a nearly 10-year development phase for SpaceX under the agency’s public-private crew program.
Ariel University to send research nanosatellite SATLLA-1 into orbit
SATLLA-1's mission, which starts on Thursday, is to test out its star-tracking program, which helps the satellite position itself by using imaging from the surrounding stars.
Virgin Galactic's Branson to fly into space in early 2021
The company competes with billionaire-backed ventures such as Blue Origin that are vying to usher in a new era of space tourism.
Remembering the Ramons: Space Week brings NASA astronauts to Israel
This year’s theme asked the decades-old question, “Why explore space?”
SpaceIL announces new CEO Shimon Sarid to lead Beresheet 2 project
Sarid gained experience in engineering, command and management during his 28-year tenure with the Israeli Air Force (IAF).
Japanese billionaire searches for girlfriend for SpaceX voyage
Maezawa, who recently split up from actress girlfriend Ayame Goriki, 27, has said he plans to take artists on the flight to inspire works based on the experience, in a project he dubbed Dear Moon.
'Bull's-eye' landing caps Boeing's faulty astronaut capsule test mission
Officials from the aerospace company and NASA breathed sighs of relief following the landing, a highly challenging feat.
Boeing's Starliner astronaut capsule fails test to reach space station
The Starliner setback came as Boeing, whose shares dropped 1.6% on the day.
NASA probe nearing sun reveals new details about solar winds
"We were certainly hoping we'd see new phenomena and new processes when we got close to the sun - and we certainly did," Nicola Fox, director of the US space agency's heliophysics division, said.
SpaceIL heading back to space, mission to Mars on the horizon
"Despite the fact that Beresheet crashed, hundreds of kids wrote to us saying we inspired them to become engineers and scientists," co-founder Damari said. "If they can dream it, they can do it."
